Stalling and overwhelmed!

There is only so much I can do per day to prepare for graduation open house. We all still need to be able to 'live' in our house and function like a normal family, right? Ahhhhh! Then trying to plan for guests coming to the actual open house, how many do I plan for, how many will actually show up? I have food ordered, desserts ordered, plates, napkins, forks all set out..tables bought and borrowed, pool is finally crystal clear and ready for swimmers, going to be a hot one for Saturday.

My rule of thumb is to work on something for 10 minutes at a time so as not to get too overwhelmed...I'm still overwhelmed. I am slowly but surely, clearing off every counter in my kitchen, I'm liking the bare look, but it never stays that way with a family of five.

During all the planning, I've been helping my sister and her family find a house here and finally found one!! Yahoo! I still find myself looking at For Sale signs when driving around! And of course, by default, I found my dream home, but that will have to wait for a very long time...*sigh*

Okay, I need to focus...I need to go to the grocery store before my house fills with a bunch of 18 year olds...yeah, this isn't even the graduation party but our house was chosen to watch a soccer match...okay...then Friday our house was chosen to have 15 year olds swim after school gets out for the year...

Ummmm...will my house stay clean for Saturday??? Calgon!!!!

Anyhooters...really, what a great thing to know my kids like being at our house and their friends feel welcome here...but really, all in one weekend before a party? Yes, it doesn't get any better than this!!

Journey Home..

We all move to different places in our lives, whether it's physically moving to another town or state and other times we move to another place mentally. My life's journey has been both. I've come a long way, both physically and mentally. It's all a part of growing and maturing. I love being the age I am today and how my life is today. I guess I tend to get a little more sentimental on days when babies are coming home to their forever families...I have two coming home tonight! So the pictures below are from when I came home to my forever family...twice in my life. The first one is when I was 4 1/2 years old, the second one is when I was 5 1/2 years old. I will be traveling back to Korea again the end of June...getting closer! But this time, my entire family is traveling with me. Seems so surreal right now, but I am so excited to see Korea thru the eyes of my kids! I have learned that the journey home is how you view your life and where you decide to place your roots and most of all, your heart.

Look who's traveling to Korea with us!